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| Why is President Mahinda so frightened of the media exposures ? –media campaigners ask |
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 (Lanka-e-News, Feb.09, 2010, 2.25PM) If Mahinda is President and if he has won truly, why is the President so frightened of the media?
The professional Organizations which staged a mammoth protest in front of the Fort Railway station yesterday (8) asked this question from the President while shouting slogans.
The main objective of the Demonstrations was to protest against the govt.’s inability to take action or arrest the culprits responsible for the abduction of Lanka e news free lance journalist Prageeth Ekneliyagoda . They also protested against the detention of the ‘Lanka’ newspaper editor Chandana Sirimalwatte by the Police .
The massive Demonstration lasted more than one hour. After making clear the purpose of the Demonstration and most successfully, the crowd dispersed peacefully.
Sunil Jayasekera, the Secretary of the media campaign addressed the crowd thus …
It is 15 days since Ekneliyagoda was abducted. Chandana Sirimalwatte is being detained by the Police without any charges against him for the last 10 days. We do not condone such actions. The state of affairs in the state media is also very dangerous. They are being victimized without any valid reason. This is the first time in SL’s history the media is facing such dangers and challenges from the Govt. we must unite to secure your rights and ours, he emphasized.
Chief Editor of Lanka e news Sandaruwan Senadheera spoke thus …
Our comrade Ekneliyagoda was a journalist who published news independently and without prejudice. Those who abducted him are those who could not bear the true facts he published. Truth always stings the wrongdoers. I plaed with these abductors to please release him. Everyone has a right to express opposition views. The aurhorities must learn to understand that.
Srimalwatte, the Editor of ‘Lanka’ news is also a journalist who expressed unbiased news. Holding him in detention without charges is an unlawful act. He should be released.
Sirimalwatte’s wife, his small daughter, and Ekneliyagoda’s wife too along with the large crowds participated at these demonstrations. |
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